WELLNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

Example:

physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients

Synonyms:

health; wellness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("wellness" is a kind of...):

eudaemonia; eudaimonia; upbeat; welfare; well-being; wellbeing (a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous)

Attribute:

healthy (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease)

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Antonym:

illness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

Derivation:

well (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury)